Let’s Take It Outside! Book 1

Name: Let’s Take It Outside! Book 1
Brand: Essential Resources
SKU: 0810
Price: 39.95 AUD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9781927251447

Educator-created activities for outdoor learning

The age-appropriate activities in book 1 are thematically organised, for example, counting, animals and insects, light and shadow, and are easily incorporated into your planning. Simple, readily available materials, clear learning objectives, preparation and method notes, plus tips, provide sound educator support for the activities in a busy early years setting. So, take the children outside for stimulating learning adventures as they make mud-dough letters, go on a rainbow scavenger hunt and play animal charades!

Ages: 3-5 | Pages: 66 | Code: 0810 | ISBN: 9781927251447

Series: Let’s Take It Outside

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Mary Rein

Mary Rein has since retired from Gryphon House, she lives in Maryland.

Brittany Roberts

Brittany Roberts is a junior editor with Gryphon House. She lives in Clemmons, North Carolina.

Kathy Charner

Kathy Charner is the Editor-in-Chief, Books and Related Resources for the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the United States’ leading professional organisation for those working with and on behalf of young children from birth to eight years of age. Kathy Charner, who was previously the Editor-in-Chief of Gryphon House, manages and oversees NAEYC’s book publishing programme. Before joining NAEYC, Charner spent 25 years at Gryphon House, where she developed the publishing programme and worked with authors to create books in the early childhood education field. Prior to joining Gryphon House, Charner was a preschool teacher and educational researcher. Kathy Charner has a BA in Humanities from Binghamton University. She lives with her husband in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Contents
Introduction	4
About this resource	5
Counting	6
4+ Count the action!	6
Leaf scavenger hunt	7
Musical number hoops	8
Pavement number line	9
Scoop, pour and measure	10
Water bag toss	11
Wonderful web	12
Alphabet	13
3+ Alphabet nature hunt	13
Mud dough letters	14
Fun with swirly letters	16
4+ Letter lucky dip	16
Toss-and-tell letters game	17
Twiggy ABCs	18
5+ Bottle bowling	19
Letters, letters everywhere	20
Colours	21
3+ Bubble colour prints	21
Shaving-cream colours	22
Snow colours	22
Stone search	23
4+ Colour, may I?	23
Pavement colour sort	24
Pavement colours	25
Rainbow scavenger hunt	26
5+ Leaves in the wind	27
Shapes	28
3+ Block stamps	28
Shape songs	28
Hoppity shapes	29
Make your own blocks	30
4+ I spy shape hunt	31
Shape match-ups	32
Shape toss	33
5+ Mapping the great outdoors	34
Art	35
3+ A brush with nature	35
Fence weaving	36
Messy painting adventures	37
Paint the outdoors!	38
Paint the town wet!	39
Wet-chalk art	40
4+ Art stations	41
Families totally rock!	42
Shadow painting	43
The sense of touch	44
3+ Mud play	44
Surfboard feet	45
4+ Feely numbers	46
Hand sand castings	47
Rock collecting	48
Rough or smooth	49
Sensory walk	50
Texture rubbings	51
5+ Rubbing safari	52
Texture scavenger hunt	53
Sound and sight	54
3+ Let's listen!	54
Musical tree	55
4+ Binocular fun	56
Close your eyes and listen	57
Colour telescopes	58
Four seasons of nature walks	59
I am the outdoors!	60
Name that voice	60
Picnic snatcher	61
Sound lotto	62
What is it?	63
5+ Magnify it	64